More "What Doesn't Work"

Alcohol. Alcohol just doesn't work. Any day I have alcohol is a day I will exceed my maintenance calories. Over the holiday weekend I had 4 drinking days, and exceeded by 300-1200 calories each day. It's not just the beer, the beer is empty calories but it also leads to a "this tastes good, I should have more, ooh, and some of that!" mentality.

How to cope with this?

I think I'll save the drinks for after dinner. If I enforce a "no food after drinking" rule, and stick to it, I think the outlook is much rosier. Or, I could give up drinking entirely, but where's the fun in that?